Info Colt SAA 1800s

Hoyt

Any help is appreciated including suggestions on where to go (on internet).

I have about 18 firearms left by my dad that I can no longer keep for various reasons -- civil war muskets, 1960s target pistols (45 and 22), Springfield Trapdoor, etc. None of them will put me on easy street or even make a monthly house payment, but I need to do the best I can when I sell over the next year or so.

Right now I need some information on this pistol I'm planning to sell/auction here in the next few weeks. Action is pretty good and it works perfectly (not sure about safety of firing), but Serial Numbers are all mismatched, handles are replacements, etc. Markings are faint -- in fact, there is only a "C" that is visible on barrel.

Thanks for any help.











Thanks again.

Spider7115

It looks like a Colt "Artillery" model, common with mixed numbers when the barrels were cut and guns reassembled at the Colt factory. Frame was manufactured in 1880. Looks like Rinaldo A. Carr's "RAC" inspector initials on the frame and "US" stamped on the side.

I STRONGLY suggest you invest in "Flayderman's Guide to Antique American Firearms" and study about this gun and the others you have. Your Colt is very collectible even in its current condition. You can't afford NOT to have Flayderdman's!

Hoyt

Thanks, Spider -- exactly what I was hoping to learn here. I'll get a copy.

Xracer

Spider gave you very good advice. For the guns made before 1900, Flayderman's is the way to go.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=S05vp7TC6L&isbn=0873493133&itm=1

For the more modern firearms, I'd suggest you get a copy of the 2006 Standard Catalog of Firearms. It's very well illustrated and it's many pictures will help you identify the guns you have.

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=S05vp7TC6L&isbn=089689228X&itm=1

Hoyt

Thanks, Spider and Xracer.

I got both books and will start auctioning them off (now with some confidence and knowledge).

Thanks again. Hoyt